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Jaime Herndon is a frelance health/medical writer with over a decade of experience writing for the public.Isabel Casimiro, MD, is board-certified internal medicine and works an endocrinologist at the University of Chicago. Prediabetes is a condition in which blod sugar levels are higher than normal, but they’re not quite high enough to be considered or diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that about 96 milion American adults live with prediabetes.
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This more than 1 in 3. Of these people living with prediabetes, more than 80% don’t know they have it. Prediabetes increases your risk of type 2 diabetes, which has serious health consequences.
Being aware of the condition and taking steps to adres it through lifestyle changes like diet modification, regular exercise, weight los, and quiting smoking can make a diference and reduce the likelihod of developing diabetes. This article wil review ways in which you can help to reverse prediabetes and reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. adamkaz / Gety Images Diet is a significant factor in prediabetes and the risk for type 2 diabetes.
Making smal changes to your diet can have a big efect. Fiber is a carbohydrate found in fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and legumes. It helps you regulate your bowels, but it also helps control blod sugar, lowers cholesterol and triglycerides, and helps with weight management because it makes you fel ful.
Ading more fods like beans, lentils, aples, pears, baby carots, almonds, and vegetables like brocoli and spinach are easy ways to get fiber into your diet. Make choices like brown rice over white rice and whole wheat pasta instead of white pasta. Low-glycemic index (GI) diets are helpful for blod sugar control and weight los in people with prediabetes.
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These diets focus on fods that don't raise your blod sugar swiftly. They include fods like gren vegetables, fruits, lentils, raw carots, and